ghsa-xqc4-9x8w-pf49
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/vmalloc, mm/kasan: respect gfp mask in kasan_populate_vmalloc()
kasan_populate_vmalloc() and its helpers ignore the caller's gfp_mask and always allocate memory using the hardcoded GFP_KERNEL flag. This makes them inconsistent with vmalloc(), which was recently extended to support GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO allocations.
Page table allocations performed during shadow population also ignore the external gfp_mask. To preserve the intended semantics of GFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO, wrap the apply_to_page_range() calls into the appropriate memalloc scope.
xfs calls vmalloc with GFP_NOFS, so this bug could lead to deadlock.
There was a report here https://lkml.kernel.org/r/686ea951.050a0220.385921.0016.GAE@google.com
This patch: - Extends kasan_populate_vmalloc() and helpers to take gfp_mask; - Passes gfp_mask down to alloc_pages_bulk() and __get_free_page(); - Enforces GFP_NOFS/NOIO semantics with memalloc_*_save()/restore() around apply_to_page_range(); - Updates vmalloc.c and percpu allocator call sites accordingly.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-39910"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-01T08:15:33Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/vmalloc, mm/kasan: respect gfp mask in kasan_populate_vmalloc()\n\nkasan_populate_vmalloc() and its helpers ignore the caller\u0027s gfp_mask and\nalways allocate memory using the hardcoded GFP_KERNEL flag. This makes\nthem inconsistent with vmalloc(), which was recently extended to support\nGFP_NOFS and GFP_NOIO allocations.\n\nPage table allocations performed during shadow population also ignore the\nexternal gfp_mask. To preserve the intended semantics of GFP_NOFS and\nGFP_NOIO, wrap the apply_to_page_range() calls into the appropriate\nmemalloc scope.\n\nxfs calls vmalloc with GFP_NOFS, so this bug could lead to deadlock.\n\nThere was a report here\nhttps://lkml.kernel.org/r/686ea951.050a0220.385921.0016.GAE@google.com\n\nThis patch:\n - Extends kasan_populate_vmalloc() and helpers to take gfp_mask;\n - Passes gfp_mask down to alloc_pages_bulk() and __get_free_page();\n - Enforces GFP_NOFS/NOIO semantics with memalloc_*_save()/restore()\n around apply_to_page_range();\n - Updates vmalloc.c and percpu allocator call sites accordingly.",
"id": "GHSA-xqc4-9x8w-pf49",
"modified": "2025-10-01T09:30:25Z",
"published": "2025-10-01T09:30:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39910"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33b95d90427cb4babf32059e323a6d0c027610fe"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79357cd06d41d0f5a11b17d7c86176e395d10ef2"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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